Filipe Albuquerque lost out on victory at Petit Le Mans with just two corners remaining as he ran out of fuel, allowing Renger van der Zande to come through for victory. Felipe Nasr and Eric Curran are your 2018 champions!
Johannes van Overbeek
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ESM End 1-2 in Thursday Night Practice, Mazda on Top in Friday Session
by Paul Hensbyby Paul HensbyExtreme Speed Motorsports and Mazda Team Joest were fastest in practices three and four at Road Atlanta, Corvette finished 1-2 in GT Le Mans in both sessions, while Mercedes and Audi customers topped GT Daytona.
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Derani ‘Really Happy’ after ‘Fantastic’ Monterey Triumph for Tequila Patrón ESM
by Paul Hensbyby Paul HensbyLuis Felipe Derani and Johannes van Overbeek took victory in Sunday’s Continental Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, with the former doing the majority of the driving after the latter was struck down with illness.
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Luis Felipe Derani, Nicolas Lapierre and Johannes van Overbeek were victorious in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday.
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12 Hours of Sebring: Hours 10-12 Update: ESM Takes Prototype Win at Sebring
by Paul Hensbyby Paul HensbyLuis Felipe Derani brought the #22 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan home on Saturday night to claim outright honours in the 66th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
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Johannes van Overbeek will remain with Extreme Sport Motorsports for a ninth consecutive season and will partner Luis Felipe Derani in the #22 machine in 2018.
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IMSAEndurance Racing
Wayne Taylor Racing bounce back from Watkins Glen Disappoint with pole at Mosport
After their worst result of the season at Watkins Glen, the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac bounced back with Ricky Taylor grabbing pole for tomorrow’s race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. In GTLM Dirk Werner secured Porsche’s first pole since 2016 Daytona 24 Hours and Sage Karam grabbed Lexus’s first Weathertech Pole.
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Defending Sebring champions Tequila Patron ESM have weekend to forget
by Joe Hudsonby Joe HudsonThe Tequila Patron ESM team suffered a nightmare weekend at the 2017 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, seeing both their Nissan DPis retire before the halfway mark with mechanical issues.
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Filipe Albuquerque has dominated hours three and four of the 2017 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring after a spin eliminated Eric Curran.
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Extreme Speed Motorsports’ return to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship was marked by an emphatic pole position lap set by Johannes van Overbeek at Watkins Glen
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Despite a strong showing at the post Le Mans test sessions, the Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligiers were off the pace at the FIA WEC 6 Hours of the Nürburgring.
Pipo Derani in the Tequila Patron ESM Nissan DPi was the driver to beat during qualifying with Paul Miller Racing taking GTD pole.
Bruno Senna felt the stewards at Road Atlanta denied the #22 Tequila Patrón ESM team victory, and that the penalty they were given was unjustified.
Ed Brown has been forced to withdraw from this weekends IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event at Watkins Glen due to injury.
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Tequila Patrón ESM début Nissan Onroak DPi at two day Sebring test
by Vince Pettit
by Vince Pettit
2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona winners Tequila Patrón ESM took the first of their Nissan Onroak DPi’s testing at Sebring in a pre-Christmas test.
The two-car Extreme Speed Motorsports team is hoping for two podium positions at the 6 Hours of Nurburgring this weekend.